Anita Vila-Parrish

Adjunct Professor

arvila@ncsu.edu

Anita Vila-Parrish is an adjunct professor in the Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering. Previously, she worked at Dell Computers in Austin, TX as a New Product Operations Engineer. In that role she was involved in many global product launches of their notebook computers as well as extensive international travel to support development activities. During that time she received a Masters in Industrial Engineering at Texas A&M University. In 2008, she was awarded the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) dissertation grant which focused on inventory management of pharmaceuticals and patient demand modeling and in 2010 she earned her PhD in ISE from NCSU.

Education

Ph.D.2010

Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial Engineering

NC State University

MA2006

Master of Arts

Duke University

MIE2004

Master of Industrial Engineering

Texas A&M University

BS2001

Bachelor of Science

NC State University

Research Description

Related to her teaching and advising she is interested in research engineering education topics including project-based learning in engineering design and global preparedness. Dr. Vila-Parrish continues research in inventory and production strategies for perishable products and those with short product lifecycles.